{"pk":31768,"title":"Using Context to Interpret Indifrect Requests in a Connectionist Model of NLU","subtitle":null,"abstract":"The role of context in natural language under-\nstanding ( N L U ) is generally accepted as being im-\nportant to the tcisk of ascertaining \"correct mean-\ning.\" This is particularly true during interpreta-\ntion of otherwise ambiguous language constructs,\nsuch as lexical ambiguity resolution, metaphor un-\nderstanding, and indirect speech act interpreta-\ntion. This paper presents a feedforward connec-\ntionist model called SAIL2 which utilizes the con-\ntext obtained from the processing of previously\nseen text to help resolve the ambiguity inherent\nin indirect speech acts, specifically, in indirect re-\nquests.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Submitted Presentations","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8b84w2fj","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"David","middle_name":"A.","last_name":"Schulenburg","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California, Irvine","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"1993-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/31768/galley/22836/download/"}]}